[OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis

Wed May 20 07:48:44 PDT 2020

I also think you are on to something, but as with everything it depends on what level of detail was captured by the authorities.  Good luck and we look forward to you sharing your results.  Are you planning on integrating with a machine learning tool for forecasting?

Incidentally, I am not sure if any of you have seen this map?

https://circlecityinfo.co.za/covid-19-map/

Regards
Abraham Parbhunath

From: Africa <africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of G Tadonki
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Hi,

It is definitely useful, and many teams are doing it right now in a few countries. The COVID-19 crisis has taken the demand and use of geospatial data to an unprecedented level in epidemiology, the management of health emergencies and governance. In fact, there is no choice, it is a matter of life and death. However, it is key that research is carried out by professionals, in a collaborative and multidisciplinary way. It must also be linked decision-making by the government and partners.

SA and African countries must seize the opportunities offered by this trend.

Stay safe,

Prof Georges Tadonki

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On Wed, May 20, 2020, 06:13 Kevin Musungu <kevin.musungu at gmail.com<mailto:kevin.musungu at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Madodomzi,

Such data is certainly useful. With sufficient data one can model spatial growth with time. I think it may give an insight into areas that are most vulnerable to pandemics especially when included with other data like population density, housing types, proximity to health facilities, sanitation, demographics etc. A lot of it is common sense but mapping it in a GIS environment with multicriteria assessment can give alot of insight into spatial vulnerability. The difficulty is usually in collating the discrete datasets because they are often held by different organisations but it certainly isn't futile.

Kind regards
Kevin

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 11:48 AM Stephen Wiggins <wiggins.stephen at gmail.com<mailto:wiggins.stephen at gmail.com>> wrote:
I think it would definitely help. Not a futile exercise at all.
Provide assistance with understanding why certain areas are hotspots and other not, whereby reducing and preventing hotspots from occurring in these vulnerable areas in the future.
Kind Regards

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 11:24 AM Samantha Goodchild-Brown <Samantha.Goodchild-Brown at capetown.gov.za<mailto:Samantha.Goodchild-Brown at capetown.gov.za>> wrote:
At a guess, no, it wouldn’t help. Not without vectors and reasons of travel factored in.
But that’s why we do research….

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Dear List,

Could the analysis of existing time and place COVID-19 data help us understand spatiotemporal tendencies of pandemics and help us to simulate spatial spreads of future viral outbreaks?
Would this help with readiness or preparedness for future outbreaks or just a futile exercise?

Regards,
Madodomzi Mafanya (CGPrGISc 0279)
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